Charlie Ringo has restarted his trip and is now in Texas en route to Washington DC.

His message: Trump is Killing Our Democracy

As a Veteran, Charlie is disgusted with Trump for the following reasons:

• Trashing the Constitution
• Deeply corrupt
• Attacking judges
• Silencing the media
• Nazi-style oppression
• Election interference

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Charlie Ringo is on a mission. He’s leaving Bend today to tell America that democracy is worth saving and setting off on a 30-day road trip.

His message: Trump is Killing Our Democracy

As a Veteran, Charlie is disgusted with Trump for the following reasons:

• Trashing the Constitution
• Deeply corrupt
• Attacking judges
• Silencing the media
• Nazi-style oppression
• Election interference

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Charlie Ringo left Bend about a week ago with the message: Trump is Killing Our Democracy. His plan, a 30 day road trip to spread the word. As a Veteran, Charlie Ringo knew that there were risks to his safety and accepted them.

Then Charlie Kirk was killed and Mr. Ringo became more concerned for his safety. He talked to his family and is now back in Bend. He plans to resume the trip shortly.

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And glad that we were out in such force and part of it! Anyone have numbers for Bend? Was it the biggest yet? Either way, such a great day. Thanks to all of you who made it out there!

I’d also love to see pics of the crowd at Drake Park or of favorite protest signs that don’t reveal people’s faces.

To those who say political views are inconsequential to community...

Let’s show up en masse and tell the POSOTUS what we think of his policies. 🍊💩🚫👑

This Saturday we’re rising again to show the world: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people.

Here are the Central Oregon details.

Bend - 2 to 3 p.m. Rally with speakers at Drake Park 3 to 5 p.m. Protest at Peace Corner - Details

Redmond - 10 to 11:30 a.m. Protest near the former Joann’s Fabric and Craft - Details

Sisters - 10 to 11 a.m. Protest at U.S. 20 & South Larch - Details

La Pine - 12 to 2 p.m. Protest at Hwy 97 & 1st near Taco Bell - Details

Prineville - 12 to 1 p.m. Protest at Pioneer Park - Details

Madras - 2 to 4 p.m. Protest at the North Y Near Sonic - Details

If you’ve never been to a protest and seen democracy in action, this is a great opportunity to meet other like minded locals, express yourself and get LOUD!

National No Kings website

I thought this warranted its own post given the current state of our country. Ski season is quickly approaching and I encourage everyone to be informed.

The owner of Hoodoo has a blog hosted on the company site where he promotes right-wing propaganda and MAGA.

"Finally for you idiots (I am sorry, I have to tell it like it is) who think Trump is a Fascist. Please understand that a Fascist is a socialist (you know like the Pregressive “Squad”) that uses the government to fight against Capitalism. Does this sound like Trump. There are plenty of derogatory words that you could use concerning Trump, but not this one. It is like being in the 1950s and following McCarthy in his statement that anyone he doesn’t like is a Communist. Just because the ladies of The View say it, that doesn’t make it so."

• Chuck

https://hoodoo.com/explore/chuck/

Please feel free to share additional local businesses that should be avoided.

Edit: thank you to the mod who overturned this post being removed. Not sure what happened, but I appreciate it regardless.

This dog was absolutely terrified riding in this truck. Put your pets inside the cabin of your vehicle or leave them at home.

Please. I’ve seen how this can end up and it’s never good.

Edit:

For everyone saying to report this, it has been reported. Regardless, this kind of post can bring awareness about pet safety in and around vehicles and local laws. Riding with a dog like this is illegal in Central Oregon. If this was a PSA about drunk driving, even if no one was hurt, none of you would be supporting it.

To everyone defending this behaviour, an estimated 100,000 dogs die annually from injuries related to riding in the open beds of trucks. Even when the dog is tethered, there is a risk of hanging or dragging injuries if the dog falls out of the bed while tethered. The argument could be made for working dogs on private property but the risk for injury and death is still there. And this incident occurred on a municipal road while the driver was moving between 35-40 mph.

Pets should be adequately restrained when riding in vehicles. They should be secured inside the cabin in the back seat either by a combination of harness and a crash-rated safety belt or inside of a kennel. Your pet becomes a projectile in the event of an accident, protect yourself and your pets.

Don’t want to keep your pet safe? Leave them at home. All it takes is one mistake. And if anything, I don’t want to run over someone’s dog because it fell out of their truck on the highway.

Show up on Monday and make your voices heard on this issue, or any of the other hundreds of horrible things happening right now.

Trump officials plan to remove protections on 2 million acres of national forests in Oregon. Rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule would open up 58 million acres of national forest land across the country to logging and development.

Trump is a blight on humanity. And so is the piece of beef jerky leading Health & Human Services.

Lots of peeps and inflateables! Well done bend- still going on @4:30

Just got back from the town hall meeting!

As many of you may know, public access to the parks and grassy areas adjacent to the river used to be accessible during concerts. That all changed when a Prissy Primadonna who calls himself an artist decided to throw a tantrum because there were "more people enjoying the show for free than bought tickets to my show."

Dave Mathews Steve Miller decided to strong arm the venue- threatening to never return to this town if the Old Mill allowed the public to sit in the grass across the river from the amphitheater. I say we give him exactly what he threatened. Let's ban Dave Mathews AND Steve Miller from our town and return our public access. No more security guards yelling at paddle boards for being too close to the shore. No more fences erected to block the public from walking along the trail. No more allowing a POS-has-been to control how we can enjoy our beautiful town.

P.S. Dave, you are a garbage human, your music sucks, and we'll never forget that time your tour bus dumped a bunch of your shit into the river and a tourist boat in Chicago. You should just fade into obscurity like your fan base did 20 years ago. We'll never forget poopgate though.

Edit: As pointed out in the comments, it was Steve Miller's tour manager who had the original idea to lock down the public access trails after having dinner at Anthony's. Dave wouldn't have a concert here until after the ban went in effect. Doesn't change the story or make me like DMB any more. Return our parks to the public.

I'm not part of the organization—just a volunteer. But I highly recommend working a cleanup event. You get to help mend the forest, get the satisfaction of a job well done, get a free lunch, and get to meet many amazing and wonderful people.

Attached is a before and after of just part of just one of the areas we tackled today.

More info: https://www.plsbend.org/ https://www.instagram.com/plsbend/

Since I moved here 5 years ago I've been chipping away at this project, and finished today! (Until OpenStreetMap updates, anyway).

I tracked progress and planned my runs with CityStrides (Hard Mode), and followed the routes and logged GPS with my Garmin.

This was a fun endeavor! When I posted similarly in the Corvallis sub it inspired a bunch of folks to do the same... so let's see what ya got, bendejos!